Mrs Midas

• "It was late September"


  The time of year symbolises that the romance of summer has ended, the nights are becoming colder and darker (so too is Mrs Midas' relationship with her husband)
• "It feeds no one"


  - Gold is greatly desired and very valuable but in everyday life it serves no real purpose - showing how her husband's greed has ruined the relationship between these characters
• "Him."


  - The simple one word sentence highlights Mrs Midas' disbelief at her husbands actions, she cannot utter more than a couple words

  - Possibly symbolises his own greed, he is literally the only word/thing in the sentence, and he was the only one he was thinking of when he made the decision
• "Near petrified"


  - Duffy plays on a double meaning;

  - 'petrified' can mean scared, showing how Mrs Midas is terrified of her husband now and all the major changes that will come with his choice

  - 'petrified' can also mean solidified, so saying she is 'near petrified' shows how dangerous her husband has become, and she is at risk of being turned to gold at any moment with him around
• "I feared his honeyed embrace"


  Mrs Midas is scared of her husband now and literally cannot ouch him anymore, but the positive word choice of 'honeyed' could show that part of her still views him in a loving light
• "Can live with a heart of gold?"


  - Someone having 'a heart of gold' is used as a positive phrase, however if someone literally had a heart made of gold, it means they couldn't be alive, showing how her dreams for the future have been tarnished because of her husband

  - When she asks who can live with a heart of gold she is also referring to herself, showing how she can no longer bear to coexist with the man who ruined everything for her
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  Connotations of this is.....
• "The woman who married the fool"


  This line shows how, because of her husbands careless behaviour, Mrs Midas will now have to live under the label of his stupid decisions, that becomes her identity when it is not her fault, symbolising her as collateral damage in her husbands reckless scandal
• "Pure selfishness"


  The angry tone reflects Mrs Midas' frustration, as she realises she was always an afterthought in her husbands action - she feels upset because he completely disregarded her feelings
• "I think of him"


  Despite the fury and resentment displayed throughout the poem, this line shows how deep down, Mrs Midas can still miss her husband even after what he did, showing that she can never forget about him, and this possibly even adds to the sad narrative of their story, she is doomed to always longing for what she lost